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>He got all of the "Free Kevin" attention because of how long he was left in jail before trial and then being stuck in solitary confinement after sentencing for
by firefax 4mo ago
>He got all of the "Free Kevin" attention because of how long he was left in jail before trial and then being stuck in solitary confinement after sentencing for months.
That was uncalled for on the part of DOJ.
>He was also autistic, a lot of the behavior can be explained through that lens.
I'm autistic. Maybe I should go commit a bunch of felonies to increase my chances of a good job and stature in the hacker community, since things like publishing code, publishing peer reviewed papers, and mentoring newbies have not been productive ways of finding gainful employment nor respect of my peers.
I have friends who did things like take a gap year to travel the world or met their spouses on nights I stayed in to study, and some evenings when browsing HN I feel very sad that I wasted my 20s on a society that does not care about me.
Anyways, sorry to wall of text, but what you said really struck a nerve with me -- there are hierarchies in any community, and one thing I've noticed with the hacker scene is one group of people can mess up over and over using the same sets of facts or diagnoses, but others can expect to have worse outcomes with better behavior for reasons that elude me to this day.
- coryrc 4mo ago> I have friends who did things like take a gap year to travel the world or met their spouses on nights I stayed in to study, and some evenings when browsing HN I feel very sad that I wasted my 20s on a society that does not care about me. I'm glad you have finally recognized the problem. Stop living for your idea of others and start living for yourself.
- firefax 4mo ago>Stop living for your idea of others and start living for yourself. Unfortunately, I exhausted my emergency fund trying for certs and attempting to escape a domestic violence situation, so I do not have that option. I'm trapped.
- colechristensen 4mo agoKevin was famous for being mistreated by the DoJ and writing some books which were perhaps not particularly true in hindsight. After he got out of jail and rejoined the community he lost a lot of respect for being himself, though it's not impossible that years of imprisonment and a long time in solitary had some permanent negative effects. In other words... you shouldn't envy Kevin's life. For the rest: nothing's stopping you from having fun, regardless of age.
- lnxg33k1 4mo agoIt's good that somewhere the quality of work is rewarded more than the quantity
- user_of_the_wek 4mo agoVienna waits for you
- rcbdev 4mo agoIs Vienna the place to be for security researchers in their 30s starting to doubt their life choices?
- stavros 4mo agoThe OWASP conference is being held there next week, so in a way, yes?
- lukan 4mo agoBut is it a good place to meet future spouses? Because missing that that seems to be the main problem of the poster above.
- stavros 4mo agoAnywhere where you meet people is a good place to meet future spouses.
- lukan 4mo agoMaybe, but if I am looking for a female spouse, a mens conclave is probably not the best place to find one. (I would assume the audience there is largely male?) But well, he also is looking for respect and regocnition among his peers and vienna is a nice city.
- firefax 4mo agoI was more lamenting that I thought I was trading my time for income, and ended up with neither income nor free time. I'm involuntarily destitute, not involuntarily celibate :-)
- myrandomcomment 4mo ago